Cerro El Picacho
Cerro El Picacho is a mountain in Mapimí Municipality, Durango and has an elevation of 2,322 metres. Cerro El Picacho is situated nearby to the hamlet Ojuela, as well as near the abandoned locality San Lorenzo.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ojuela and Mapimi.
Ojuela
Hamlet
Photo: panza.rayada, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ojuela was a small mining settlement located 5 kilometres northwest of the nearest town, Mapimí. The settlement is now well-known as a ghost town as a result of the ore being exhausted. Ojuela is situated 2½ km northeast of Cerro El Picacho.
Mapimi
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Mapimi is a small, once thriving mining community in the northwestern state of Durango. The town was largely abandoned in the early 20th century as the mineral deposits were exhausted, and today is largely a ghost town with a remaining population of about 5,000.
Cerro El Picacho
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 2,322 metres
- Description: mountain in Durango, Mexico; geonames ID = 9015526
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Northern Mexico, Mexico, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cerro El Picacho” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cerro El Picacho (bukid sa Mehiko, Estado de Durango, Mapimí)”
- Cebuano: “Cerro El Picacho”
- Spanish: “Cerro El Picacho”
- Swedish: “Cerro El Picacho”
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